"Many years ago, Grandma Jiang was a girl. She was very beautiful at that time. She could be said to be the most beautiful girl in our town..." Mr. Bao looked confused, as if he had followed the story back to his youth. , "He was also in his youth at that time, and he had the best relationship with Granny Jiang. Because they had engaged in baby marriage since they were young, their relationship was naturally much closer than with other people. Jiang Xia, that is, Granny Jiang's name was not given to him at that time. I don’t know if she is wrong about him, but he knows that he likes her very much, and marrying her is not what he has dreamed of in his life."
Yang Mo didn't bother to listen to the story, but he couldn't help but be moved when he heard it. He didn't expect that the seemingly eccentric Mr. Bao actually had such a side.
Mr. Bao didn't know what Yang Mo was thinking, so he continued talking on his own: "Originally, their town was isolated from the world and the people were simple. Although they relied on fishing at sea, their lives were not as rich as those of us city dwellers. But he didn't worry about his livelihood, and Yuezi lived a very stable life. He thought that Yuezi would always be so stable until he married Jiang Xia, and then gave birth to many children and lived in peace in his old age. However, a sudden change made him That dream was completely shattered.”
"What happened?" Chen Jue couldn't help but ask.
Mr. Bao's expression became a little painful. He sighed slightly and said, "Let's start with a storm..."
The sky was getting dark, and Yang Mo held the oil lamp closer. The orange light illuminated the old man with red hair and shawl in front of him. The wrinkles on his face were so clear, as if they were carved with a knife. The continuous sound of rain outside the window complemented the old man's desolate voice, bringing everyone into the story that happened many years ago.
"People who grew up by the sea think that they are very good at water. When we were playing at the beach, there happened to be a heavy rain. At that time, he was too stubborn and refused to stay on the shore. It turned out that he was unprepared and got caught in the waves. Seeing that he was in danger, Jiang Xia jumped I went into the sea to rescue him, but I was knocked unconscious by the waves and was swept into the deep sea."
"What? Then he's dead!" Yang Mo shouted, and then he thought that he would only meet Granny Jiang tomorrow. There must be a twist in the story later, so he could quietly come back.
"Being swept into the sea is nothing..."
"Nothing?" Chen Jue asked with a frown.
Mr. Bao was stunned, as if he didn't want to say more about that, so he continued: "After the stir-fry, two years passed, and almost all of them thought Jiang Xia would never come back." However, one day, she suddenly appeared in the small town, pregnant with her child. When he saw her, he was completely frightened, because her appearance... changed a lot! Jiang Xia told him that after the accident, she was rescued by a city man who took good care of her. The two had been in love for a long time and actually got married. She came back now to tell them that she was doing well and to apologize to him. "
"He couldn't accept that fact at the time, and he believed that the people in the city had bad intentions, so he tried hard to persuade her to stay in the town. As they were talking, they started to quarrel. It turned out that Jiang Xia didn't stay in the town for a day before he came again He left. He was very worried at the time and always wanted to find her. After about half a year, he finally set off. He found the city Jiang Xia mentioned, and after a lot of hard work, he finally found her. At that time, She was completely different from the one he saw half a year ago. The man abandoned her, took the child with him, and left the city to go to a strange place. At that time, Jiang Xia was helpless and life was very miserable. He couldn't bear to see her going east like that, so he took her back to the town. Maybe she suffered too much, and she went crazy not long after living in the town. As time went by, her madness It became more and more serious, and initially there was even a tendency to hurt people. He had no choice but to put her in a house on the other side of the town."
"So... since you go out often, can you take care of Grandma Jiang?" Chen Jue asked.
Mr. Bao nodded and said, "What if I don't? If I don't watch her from time to time, what if she commits suicide? Even though it doesn't look good, it won't be alive at all!"
"Wrong!" Mr. Bao thought of something, and the two of them said, "Actually, the scream we heard before was not from Grandma Jiang. She would go crazy at night during heavy rains. He was worried that we would overthink it. No beast."
"So that's not the case." Yang Moming came over and waved his legs to express his feelings.
After that conversation, Yang Mo felt that their relationship with Mr. Bao had obviously improved, and Mr. Bao did not pursue him anymore about asking about Longnutan. The two parties got along well, and then they realized that it was already night. After dinner, Yang Mo and Chen Jue were exchanging information about Hong Tian's experience, and sure enough they heard screams again. Yang Mo had experienced Grandma Jiang's voice at close range before, and now he had no doubt that the scream was from Grandma Jiang. When Mr. Bao heard the screams, he immediately walked out. After a while, the screams gradually stopped and came to the east.
Yang Mo breathed a sigh of relief. He was tortured so much tomorrow that he fell asleep and died. Taking advantage of Mr. Bao's absence, Chen Jue put the hidden map into his bag and fell asleep too.
In the rain curtain, a figure walked alone.
In the office at night, Pang Jiaojiao walked in front of the desk, and the light of the desk lamp illuminated the documents in front of her. The sound of paper turning was heard in the quiet space, and a past event appeared before Pang Jiaojiao's eyes. About half an hour later, Pang Jiaojiao gathered in the file and sighed softly, with a complicated look on her face.
Pang Jiaojiao was startled when she heard the sound of footsteps. She went to put the file in the drawer, then picked up the tea cup and looked like she was drinking tea slowly. The light illuminated the face of the visitor, but Fang Xuhui did not. Pang Jiaojiao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "No, no."
"Who is that?" Fang Xuhui asked puzzledly.
"Oh, it's nothing." Pang Jiaojiao replied absently.
Fang Xuhui walked forward and whispered: "He just went to the Archives Department..."
"What?" Pang Jiaojiao became nervous inexplicably.
Fang Xuhui didn't notice the wrong person's expression and continued: "He wanted to see the unsolved case from 20 years ago, but he didn't expect that someone got there first."
"Then why should I come to him?" Pang Jiaojiao glanced at the drawer inadvertently while she was shutting up.
Fang Xuhui said with some embarrassment: "Although it's not a good thing to say that, he always feels that Team Guo will be a little strange tomorrow."
"I feel it too?" As soon as Pang Jiaojiao said those words, she felt that her thoughts were exposed and she closed her mouth.
But Fang Xuhui heard it clearly and asked, "I feel it too?"
Pang Jiaojiao had no choice but to say: "It is indeed a bit strange. After all, Guo An's speculation is too bizarre, as if he is making up a story. They don't know many clues. How can ordinary people make such speculations, unless... "
"Unless Captain Guo has some information that they don't know, that's why he came to that inference!" Fang Xuhui took over Pang Jiaojiao's words and said.
Pang Jiaojiao came over and asked: "So, I am going to investigate the unsolved case that has been going on for more than 20 years?"
Fang Xuhui replied: "No. According to the two of us, the unsolved case of 20 years ago has something in common with that case, and he thought he might be able to find some clues from it."
"Then I'm disappointed." Pang Jiaojiao bit her lip and said, "He just saw that file some time ago. There are no valuable clues in it. Maybe the murderer just imitated the criminal tricks of the past to create suspicion."
"Is that so?" Fang Xuhui said doubtfully, "He really thinks the file is at my place?"
"How could you deny him?" Pang Jiaojiao laughed dryly, sweating on her forehead, but she said, "After all, there are only a few people in our police force. Maybe someone will look through the old files after hearing about it. , maybe I want to help find some clues."
"No?" Fang Xuhui asked again.
"Absolutely not!" Pang Jiaojiao's tone was much more decisive that time.
Fang Xuhui finally stopped believing it and gave up the idea of investigating the files. Looking at the time, it was already past the east shift time. He stood up, said goodbye to Pang Jiaojiao, and walked back with a tired pace.
Pang Jiaojiao waited until the footsteps disappeared in the corridor, then she took a long breath and said to herself: "Guo An, Guo An, how should I thank him?"
The umbrella opened and Fang Xuhui walked into the rain curtain. Looking back at the police station, several lights were looming, and Fang Xuhui knew that one of the lights was shining on Guo An.